Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-25
The Killed nndIniured.


in the disaster is Us follows:
Edward f. Dillon of Springfield. jaime,
l. Stone of Burlington, Edgar Wilder of
st. Alhans, d. b. Woodward of Water
bury, Samuel 5. Westcott of Burlington.
George }. Bell of Bellows Falls. Mrs. VIM.
Devino of Winooski, Frank l.. We,son of
Springfield Mass, Harry Brooks of Boston.
Mass, Francis Flynn Of Worcester, Mass.
Peter Blais of Warren, Mass, Fred Blais of
Warren, Mass, Francis Boulanger Of Hnl-
yoke, Mass, Miss Anastina Boulanger of
tiolyoke, Mass, Miss Nancy Dunbar of
Snnerrille, Mass, Miss Delima Brudeur of
Nashua, y. H., Louis +. James of New
Haven Conn, Charles Cadleur of Rock
VILE, Conn, Herbert \. Thayer of Chat
eaugay, y. y, Cephas Mills of roquoi,.
Ont, Peter Mclain of Actunvale. T. o.,
Dlendonne Maigret of Shawmigam, p. i.
Miss Annie tiuirard of Upton, 2. O.. Miss
Agnes Rogers of Lakeiield, p. q
The list of the train men is a. follows:
Smith G. Sturtevnnt of St Adams, con
ductor Edward Brocklcbank IF Lebanon.
y. H., brakeman NJ X. Burgess Of Bos
ton, Mass, Pullman conductor 4. }. Ham
her ol Maiden, Mass, culured porter tPil
GRIM j. II. Jones Of Boston, culored por-
ter tSt. AlbansJ
The list of passengers known to he in
iured is AS follows:
Hon. Henry Mott of Alhurgh. Henry
W. Tewksbury of West Randolph. Julius
G.. Hutchins Of Montgomery, +. w. futile
of Tunbridge, William Devine. IT,. of Win
ooski, Miss Persis Ii. Folett of sharon.
Miss Kate Cahill of Boston, Frank NJ. Pratt
OF Springfield, Mass, j. Herbert Gushing
OF Middleboro', Mass, Joseph c. jacques
OF Fltchburg, Mass, Andrew Wheeler of
fltchburg, Mass, Howard f. Smith Of
Gloucester, Mass, Fred A. Fisher of CLIQUE
ester, Mass, Bonnie Boulanger of Holyoke,
Mass, Mitchell Lacaillade of Lawrence,
August Lebouf Of Lynn. Mass, Alexander
Lavalle of Greenfield, Mass, Mrs Mary ]
Graham of Bedford, Mass, Mrs. Charles
kastner of Boston, Mass, Miss Annie Muir
ply of Boston, Mass, Miss Polly Ariel of
ChcOpee Falls, Mass. Miss Margaret Walsh
of Greenfield, Mass, Horace Juneau of
East Pepperell, Mass, j. S. Suit of New
Haven, Conn, II. &. Wilcox of Malone,
y. y, l.. COmbremout of New York city,
James Kiley Of Burke, n. Y, Jos. Jean
nett Of Scioto, n y, o. Boisvert of st.
Angelina, p. O., Moses Poulist of Quebec.
7. O., George Lave of Montreal, 2. o.,
Joseph Libby of St. Valerie, p. o.. Mrs.
": 5, Dryden of Montreal, P. g., Mrs. o.
Bnisvert of St Angeline, p O.. Miss EN-
ma Lowell of Montreal, p. O., Miss Maria
+. Sadler of Ormstown, +. ..
One train man, Geo. II. Parker. brake
man. was injured
There was but one house within long
distance of the scene of the wreck, and the
only help at hand was the few who were
left on the engine and baggage and mail
cars and such of the passengers as we're
not wholly disabled. This corps did all
that men could do to save lives in the few
minutes they could work upon the wreck.
The cars struck the ice upon the right side
or the right top corner as the train ran.
They were crushed diagonally toward the
surface. The management of the train an
pears To have been as follows Conductor
Sturtevant was in the forward passenger
coach collecting fares and examining tick
cts when the first trouble on that car wa,
noticed lie Immediately pulled the bell
cord. Engineer Pierce took the alarm TINS
given from the bell and instantly let ON
full brakes then looking back he say, the
rear sleeper swing OIL the bridge. He
''N''"I'' ~ VII "ihhtaf oleleu lne lniOt-
tie of his engine and pulled away from the
rest of the train, stopping his engine and
the two cars saved behind it as the rear
car, combination mail and smoker. WAS
partly off the bridge. The proof is he
You'd reasonable doubt that the train was
slowed up before the first derailment oc
CURED by the partial application of the
brakes that the same were let off before
the bridge was reached, and that the train
was then running along by its own mo
mentum until the brakes were applied ON
the bridge as the rear of the train began
swinging of as stated above.
rs soon as the engine was stopped ON
the dump beyond the bridge Engineer
Pierce ran back over il, met brakeman
Parker, who had jumped from the rear of
the forward coach before it went upon the
bridge and was following up the train, and
sent him To the Junction 10 give the alarm
and get help there as quickly as possible.
which he did, getting team at Centreville.
half mile below. Then Engineer Pierce.
Fireman ThraSher Baggagenaster Cole,
Express Messenger Robbins aud Postal
CLERK Perkins took axes, shovels aud bar,.